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Adorned gate in Chiang Mai.
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  • Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • July 17, 2015
  • 6 MIN 50 SEC

Perfect balance – Chiang Mai

What’s it like being a second city? On duty for The Escapist, Robert Bound found Chiang Mai to be an ancient town with a contemporary buzz of bars, bands and boxers, wonderful food and beautiful girls on scooters. It doesn’t feel like it’s in a race with Bangkok, or anywhere else for that matter.

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